North American Mule Sheep Society
网页The 3-tier breeding scheme utilizes traditional British Hill & Upland ewes from breeds such as the Scottish Blackface, North Country & Border Cheviots, Clun Forest, and Shetland sheep. These hardy and adaptable ewes are bred to a Bluefaced Leicester tup to produce the popular and prolific commercial ewe called the 'Mule'.
Stratified Breeding System - mulesheep.com
网页This Stratified or Three-tier breeding system has been perfected over hundreds of years in the United Kingdom. It works because the breeds involved have been fine tuned to genetically mesh with each other during each step of the system.
Shetland - mulesheep.com
网页Shetlands are a long-lived, hardy, hill type sheep which evolved in relative isolation on the Shetland Islands for centuries despite harsh weather conditions and sparse forage. Shetlands are considered a primitive or unimproved breed and are excellent browsers, they are active and alert, yet easy to handle.
Texel - Mule Sheep
网页The Texel breed originated in Holland and is characterized by a distinctive short, wide face with a black nose and widely placed, short ears. It has a clean white face and legs, and both sexes are polled. The most outstanding feature of the Texel is its remarkable muscle development and leanness.
Border Cheviot - Mule Sheep
网页Border Cheviot. The Cheviot originated in the Cheviot Hills on the border of England and Scotland. The Cheviot can survive the harsher conditions on the windswept hills and is considered a hardy hill breed and the Cheviot is an excellent forager.
Dorset - Mule Sheep
网页The outstanding characteristic of the Dorset is the ability of the ewes to breed at almost anytime of the year, with outstanding milking ability. Ewes are of medium size, with the skin color being pink, and the face, legs and ears white. Avg. lambing percentage: 170%. Avg. ram weight: 275 lbs. Avg. ewe weight: 180 lbs.
Ile de France - Mule Sheep
网页This versatile heavy muscled breed was developed to produce a premium lamb carcass and performance testing began in 1933. Used throughout Europe, the Ile de France has proven to impart superior growth and carcass quality to offspring in a variety of crossbreeding and production systems.
Clun Forest - Mule Sheep
网页The Clun has extraordinary mothering ability and vigorous lambs at birth. The breed is also used in the UK for producing the Clun Mule, which is the crossbred offspring of a Bluefaced Leicester ram (tup) and a Clun Forest ewe. The Clun is also an excellent forager and well suited for grass-based farming producing flavorful, lean lamb.
Suffolk - Mule Sheep
网页The Suffolk is a large bodied, muscular sheep with dark brown face, ears, and legs which are free of wool, rams and ewes are hornless, and they have a very dense “down” type wool.
Scottish Blackface - Mule Sheep
网页The Scottish Blackface is a hill breed found literally at the top of the pyramid in the stratification of the British sheep industry. In Blackfaces both sexes are horned, with the rams having a double spiral.